The Software Quality Discussion Group meets every two weeks, from September through May. All sessions are free and advance registration is not required.
Our events include "Introductory" and "Best Practice" sessions, networking events and planning meetings. Occassionally, we host vendor presentations. The schedule for this season is as follows:
Date
|
Type
|
Topic/Speaker
|
15-Sep-04 | Best |
What's new in the world of AGILE - XPAU Conference highlights Janet Gregory, Wireless-Matrix |
29-Sep-04 | Open |
Your Essential Toolkit Facilitated Open Discussion |
13-Oct-04 | Best |
Project Post-mortems Fiona Koether, Nortel |
27-Oct-04 | Open |
Halloween War Stories Facilitated Open Discussion |
10-Nov-04 | Open |
The business case for "doing it right" — are we capable? Facilitated Open Discussion |
24-Nov-04 | Best |
The PAS project - Mixing AGILE and traditional approaches Colin Cassie, CGI |
8-Dec-04 | Soiree |
Sixth Annual SQDG Soiree Open to all participants |
12-Jan-05 | Best |
The Role of the Q/A Manager Nina Sharpe, CGI |
26-Jan-05 | Best |
Criteria Based OO Design Evaluation Jenny Antoneti |
9-Feb-05 | Best |
SimQuali - Simulation-Based Decision Support for Software Quality Assurance Anthony Ebsworth, Securac and Jim McElroy, University of Calgary |
23-Feb-05 | Best |
Project Support vs. Project Management Offices Cara Fitzgerald and Roxanne Becker, EnCana |
9-Mar-05 | Best |
Software Architectural Evaluations Mario Barbacci, IEEE Distiguished Visitor Program Invited Speaker |
23-Mar-05 | Open |
Estimating — for what it's worth! Facilitated Open Discussion |
6-Apr-05 | Best |
RUBY for Testing Web Applications Paul Rogers, Wireless Matrix |
20-Apr-05 | Best |
Flowcharting Processes for Documentation and Improvement Lisa Molesky, Telvent |
4-May-05 | Open |
Requirements — Enlightenment or Obfuscation? Facilitated Open Discussion |
18-May-05 | Best |
Architectural Techniques for Interoperability and Co-existence Robert Gezelter, IEEE Distiguished Visitor Program Invited Speaker |
1-Jun-05 | Planning |
Annual Planning Session Open to all participants |
** Please note scheduled sessions are subject to change.
Please see the 2004/2005 Event Details page for a listing of the events including presentation abstracts, speaker biographies, and additional event details.
This year's sessions will be held at the Calgary campus of the DeVry Institute.
Our sponsors for the 2004/2005 season include:
Thank you to all our 2004/2005 sponsors, we greatly appreciate your support.